Have You Allowed Time to Become Your Enemy?
Ξ November 11th, 2009 | → 0 Comments | ∇ Self-Improvement:Techniques |
When was the last time you basked in the light of victory? Is it
too long ago? If you are feeling stuck in life,…boy, do I have a
message for you today!
Maybe you can relate to the following (I can):
It happens to everybody. You get a good idea, or you start on a new
project. Maybe your hopes are high because you have just heard an
encouraging message or sermon. You are excited about how this is
going to change your life.
Then you prepare. You put things into place, you do your best to
get your wonderful new project going…and nothing happens.
No breakthrough, no results, just plain old life going on as it
always has. Or things start getting even worse.
What happened?
Did you get it wrong? Did your hopes get too high? Was it just a
delusion?
No. You have only allowed time to become your enemy.
You see, no project that is worth developing will happen easily. It
will require diligence, a huge effort and a lot of patience.
Any person who has achieved access in any area of life will readily
affirm that success did not happen overnight. Most of them will
testify about all the troubles they had to overcome before they
could savor their first successful achievement.
Winston Churchill said that success was going from one failure to
the next without losing your enthusiasm.
The way to success is to just keep on going. It is easy to lose
focus when circumstances don’t align with your expectations.
It is then when frustration sets in and you are only one step away
from giving up.
That is why faith is so important. Faith in God’s promises and His
Word will open doors to new possibilities in your life.
But it’s easy to have faith for one or two weeks. Actually, this is
no faith at all. If you were only capable of believing in something
for a while and then gave up when things started going wrong, it
wasn’t really a Truth for you. It was only a “maybe it will work,”
a tiny flash of hope that was immediately extinguished by the first
adversity.
Real faith will keep its eyes on God’s promises even under
impossible circumstances. Real faith goes hand in hand with
patience.
It will hold fast to the promise of a positive outcome, no matter
what happens.
Oh, and remember…
“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for
He who promised is faithful” (Hebrews 10:23)
G.F.I.
Go For It! Don’t let circumstances deter you and just keep your eyes
on Jesus!
Bettina
who believes there are no broken promises from God, only people who
quit believing in them!
PD Find more help on how to achieve success in life here.